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I am at the early stage of developing this archive-based film. Please get in touch if you’d like to support this project.

“A filmmaker turns detective as she finds herself a protagonist in the history she narrates . She investigates the circumstances surrounding the 1938 murder of James Starkey, a British archaeologist who is heading up a major dig in Palestine at the height of the Arab Revolt. A set of photos documenting the excavations show lively interactions with Palestinians from the neighbouring village who are employed to excavate the remains of an ancient biblical city that is buried beneath village lands.  As the filmmaker-detective sorts through press, government, and archaeological reports to consider conflicting accounts of the motives for Starkey’s murder, a different order of enigma comes into view. The sudden disappearance of the village and its entire population. And the subsequent appearance of a new, biblical settlement.”